John Husar`s Fishing Report

Lake Michigan (star)(star)

Perch steady on softshell crab, minnows jigged foot off bottom along shoreline, government pier and south rock wall in Waukegan Harbor. Taking minnows, crabtail and spike at 90-120 feet. Some lake trout with with black or green spoons. Best trolling in early morning. Burns Ditch slow. Lakers taking spinning glow, hooksters at Burnham Harbor.

CHAIN O`LAKES (STAR)(STAR)

Deep waters in early morning or late evenings at Channel, Grass, Pistakee Lakes. Catfish still coming for leeches, some bass. Northerns at edge of weeds. Walleyes in shallow rock bars at evening. Fox Lake slow. Some catfish on `crawlers, stinkbait. White bass spotty.

Catfish good in early morning, taking shad, `crawlers, liver, stinkbait all over. Dam, railroad bridge prime spots. Stripers, smallmouth in deep holes by sandbar with spinner baits. White bass good on rooster tails or twisters in fast water near Starved Rock Dam.

VERMILLION RIVER (STAR)(STAR)

White bass on spinners. Waders taking smallmouth and catfish on

`crawlers, spinners.

FOX RIVER (STAR)(STAR)(STAR)(STAR)

Many stripers above and below dams with jig and minnow, `crawlers, redworm. Channel cats above and below dams with leeches, chicken livers, stinkbait. Small walleyes on jig and minnow. Bass around island in deep holes with jigs, `crawlers. Catfish and smallmouth under bridges in Aurora.

Muskies good early evening to midnight, 4 a.m. to 7 a.m. at 3-10 feet on top of weeds and rock bars. Hungry for bucktails and surface bait. Walleyes at 15-25 feet in Nicolet National Forest lakes. Crappies and bluegills taking bootbait, moving in schools into weeds.